User blog comment:Dante-Must-Die-Mode/What The Heaven And Hell?: Nero/@comment-26222858-20150330153518/@comment-967403-20150330202139

Sanctus cut the Devil Bringer while holding a magical sword. Yamato is a powerful magic sword, even when not in the hands of Sparda's bloodline still. He certainly didn't do it by his actual own power.

But he using the blade rather basically in comparison. Nero, Vergil, and Dante can use it in many ways no one else so far has been shown. There's no evidence suggesting that others can either. We've seen even with different weapons like the Sword of Sparda, character couldn't resonate properly with them.